imeall

Irish

Alternative forms

• iomall

Etymology

From Old Irish imbel (“edge, rim, border, margin”) (compare also immellach (“bordering, surrounding; outermost”, adjective)). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iomall.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɯmˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈʊmˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form iomall)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmʲəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞mʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

imeall m (genitive singular imill, nominative plural imill)

1. border, edge, rim, margin

Declension

Declension of imeall (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative imeall imill vocative a imill a imealla genitive imill imeall dative imeall imill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-imeall na himill genitive an imill na n-imeall dative leis an imeall don imeall leis na himill

Derived terms

• imeallach m (“marginal land; marshy shore-land”)
• imeallach (“bordering, marginal, peripheral; bordered, fringed, rimmed”, adjective)
• imeallbhord m (“border, verge, margin; coastline”)
• imeallchóras m (“peripheral system”)
• imeallchríoch f (“border, frontier”)
• imeallstad m (“marginal stop”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of imeall

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
imeall	n-imeall	himeall	t-imeall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “imeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “imeall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “imeall”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024